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"And pray what did you think would become of me?"
"I don't know. I thought you would melt away."
"That's a compliment to my solidity! I melt very often," said Felix, "but there is always something left of me."
"I came and waited for you by the door, because the others did," Gertrude went on. "But if you had never appeared I should not have been surprised."
"I hope," declared Felix, looking at her, "that you would have been disappointed."
She looked at him a little, and shook her head. "No—no!"
"Ah, par exemple!" cried the young
